L.A. Story
Director: Mick Jackson
Genre: Romantic comedy, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance Film, Drama
Year: 1991
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language
Starring: Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Richard E. Grant, Marilu Henner, Sarah Jessica Parker, Susan Forristal, Kevin Pollak, Sam McMurray, Patrick Stewart, Andrew Amador, Gail Grate, Eddie De Harp, MC Shan, Frances Fisher, Iman Abdulmajid, Woody Harrelson
L.A. Story is a 1991 American romantic comedy film, written by and starring Steve Martin. Set in Los Angeles, California, it relates a series of episodes in the romantic life of an L.A. TV weatherman. It includes surreal sequences in which he is offered romantic advice flashed to him by a freeway sign. The movie blends romantic comedy with elements that both satirize and celebrate L.A. culture. The film was directed by Mick Jackson. The soundtrack includes three songs by Enya, "On Your Shore" and "Exile" (from Watermark) and "Epona" (from Enya).
Steve Martin plays Harris K. Telemacher, a TV meteorologist living in Los Angeles. He is in a dead-end relationship with his social-climbing girlfriend Trudi, played by Marilu Henner, and wants to find some meaning and magic in his life. At a luncheon with a group of friends, he meets Sara, a journalist from London played by Victoria Tennant with whom he immediately becomes infatuated. Driving home that night, his car breaks down on the freeway and he pulls over on to the hard shoulder. He comes to realize that a freeway traffic condition sign is displaying messages intended solely for him. The sign offers Harris cryptic advice on his love
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